Coat-collar.



N. HARRIS. GOAT COLLAR. AIPLIGATION FILED 11011.16, 190s.

9??,8566, Patented De@.6,1910.

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N. HARRIS.

GOAT COLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16, 1909.

9%66, Patented Dec. 6, 1910v 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2,

-To all 'whom 'it 'may concern:

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NATHAN HARRIS, or JAMAICA PLAIN, MAssAcIiUsErrs, AssIGNoR or ONE-THIRD ro KARL M. GoLDsMIrH, or NEW YORK, N. Y., AND ONE-THIRD 'ro LoUIs HARRIS,

F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

coA'r-coLLAR.

Patented Dec. 6, 1910.

Application filed November 16, 1909. Serial No. 528,612.

Be it known that I,k NATHAN HARRIS, a citizen of the United States .of,.America, and a residentl of Jamaica Plain, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,ghave invented vcertain new and\useful Improvements in Coat-Collars, of Vwhich the follow- 'p ing is a specicationl This invention relates to coats, overcoats, andy similar articles of wearing apparel and has for'its object the production of a garment of this class in which the collar is adapted to be turned over in the usual manner, showing a lapel, or to be buttoned up Ato -,the neck and thereby forma stand-up or military collar.

One oftheprincipal objects of the inven- I tion is to provide a collar which is made double so that when one collar is exposed to view the other is entirely concealed,

pearance of the other.

Heretofore coats have been constructed with double collars but as far as is known the collarsv are so constructed that when folded over to form -one of fthe collars a wrinkle is formed in the other collar hidden from` View; .This wrinkle or fold .in the material is obviously a great disadvantage as it injures the appearance of the garment while it is apt to inconvenience the wearer.

By constructing the collar in the manner shown in the present drawings and described 1n the present ap lication these disadvantages are wholly o viated.

The invention consists in certain V novel features of c nstruction andarrangement of parts which .will be -readily understood by reference to the description of the drawings and to the claims hereinafter given.

Of the drawings: Figure 1 represents a front view of -a coatembodyin the features of the present invention an showing an ordinary turn-over collar. Fig. 2` represents a front view of the same coat when buttonedA up to the neck and ex osing to view the military or stand-up collar. Fig.'3 repre'- sents an outside view of theupper ortion of the coat stretched out fiat and siiowing the military collar, Fig. 4 represents a similar view of the inside of the coat and showing the ordinary turn-over collar. Fig. 5 represents an elevation of the collar portion before being attached to the garment and showingthe military collar. Fig. .6

represents an elevation of the oppositeside of the same showing the ordinary turneover collar. Fig. 7 represents an enlarged sec# tional detail with a collar partially broken away to show the fastening tab for securing the two parts of the body portion together when the military collar is inuse. Fig. 8 represents .a similar detail showing the fastening tabv secured in the position which it assumes when not in use beneath theinilitary collar. Fig. 9 represents a transverse section of the collar portionf'of the garment `and the fasteningl tab interposed between the military collar and theturn-overcollar,

the cutting plane being on line 9 9 on Fig. 8. Fig. 10 represents a section through the collar portion and a portion ofv the neck of the coat to which, it is attached, the cutting plane being on line 10-10 on Fig. 2. Fig. 11 represents a similar section ofthe same parts when folded over to forma turn-down (collar, the cutting lane being on `line 11--11 on Fi 1', and F 1g. 12 repre# sents an velevation o the fastening tab.

Similar characters designate like arts throughout the several figures of the rawl(lin the drawings, 10 represents the body portion of the coat to which are secured the usual facin s 11 on the inner side thereof. The neck o the coatis cut lower than .in the usual practice as indicated-at 12 (Figli) and to this neck is secured the edge 13 of the turn-over collar 14. To the rear face of lthe collar 14 is secured a canvasstrip 15 at either end of the collar extending beyond the edge 13, as indicated in Fig. 6 of the drawings.

To the opposite side of the canvas 15 is se-y cured at its up er edge the military collar 16 and near its lbwer edge this collar is also secured to the canvas strlp 15 from 17 to 17.

Whenthe coat is in use with a turn-over collar it is folded over substantially on the vline 1818 (Figs. 3 and 4) thus forming the to `engage the buttons 24v secured to the outerv face of the body portion'of the coat beneath the military collar 16. When not in use for the purpose of securing the two ends 'of the collar portion together around the neck of .the wearer the tab is shifted around one of the buttons 24 as indicated Vin Figs. 3 and 8 of the drawings, and its opposite end is secured to the supplementary button 25 which retains the tab in concealed position beneath the military collar.

The body portion'lO extends to the `upper edgeof the military collar 1G and is secured atits upper edgey by blind stitches to the outer edge of the turn-over collar, as indicated in Figs. 7 and 8 of the drawings. The edge 26 of the canvas strip 15 is secured by a plurality of blind stitches 27 to the outer body portion 10 of the coat.

As shown in Fig. 3 the lower edge of the military collar when in use is always above the fold 18-18 so that when this collar is vfolded over with the lapels 19 onto the body portion to form a`n ordinary collar there is no fold through the military collar which is an advantage over the double-faced lcollars which are now in use inasmuch as the fold vwhich is thus made in the military collar ent styles either with a turn-over collarvor a military collar neither of the collars of 'which are liable to be exposed to view being creased or otherwise injured when the other' collar is ex osed to view. The advantage of this is se f-evident.

It is believedv that the construction and many' advantages of the invention will be fully understood fromv the foregoing.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim: 1. In a device of the class described, the

combination of a coat the outer portion of which extends considerably above the line ofV fold for the collar;y al1-inner collar. portion extending above and belon1 LSaid line of fold and secured to the outer portion; and a military collar of less width than said inner eollar portion secured thereto at their upper 4edges and secured near its lower edge to said outer portiomwith its lower edgel -when in use above said' line of fold. V

2'., In a device of the class described, the combination of a coat having a turn-over collar; and a military collar secured to the normally unexposed face thereof with its lowest ede when in use above the line of fold of said turn-over collar. l 3. In al device of the class described,A a multiple collar composed `of two pieces of -material secured together at their `upper edges the inner piece yof which extends con-V siderably below lilwer edge of the outer piece and is secured to the inner facing of the garment while the outer piec'eextendsover the outer face of the neck of the body portion of the garment and is secured 'thereto at or near its lower edge whereby the inner piece of said collar may be turned over on.a line of fold immediately beneath the lower edge of said outer collar portion.

Signed byme at 4 Post Oice Sq.,-Boston, Mass., this 2d day of November, 1909.

NATHAN HARRIS.

Vitnesses: v I/VALTER E LOMBARD,

t -NA'rHAN C. LOMBARD. 

